Tax Scam Leader Gets More Than 17 Years

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives January 12, 2011

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By Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post Staff Writer Harriette Walters, a former mid-level D.C. tax office manager, was sentenced yesterday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison, capping the prosecution of the largest embezzlement in District government history.

Although she apologized for her conduct, Walters continued to display the confidence of a woman who managed to steal $48.1 million in fraudulent tax refunds over almost two decades before she was caught. "If you put me back in there today," Walters told a federal judge, "I could get each of you a check." More...